Diners à Prix-fixe in the Palais Royal and Vicinity.
The charges in each case vary according to the quality of the wine desired.
North Side (Galerie Beaujolais), No. 88, Tissot, déjeuner
1 fr. 25 c., dîner 2 fr., with better wine 2½ fr.
West Side (Galerie Montpensier), the pleasantest on hot
afternoons because in the shade: No. 65, Adolphe Tavernier jeune,
D. 2 or 2½ fr.; 40, *Moureau, same charge; 29, Hédouin, D. 2 fr.;
No. 23, Catelain ("Restaurant de Paris"), D. 2 fr.; 36, Café des
Mille Colonnes, déj. 1½, D. 3 fr.; Cinq Arcades, D. 2 or 2½ fr.
East Side (Galerie Valois), No. 172, Restaurant Valois, déj.
1¼, D. 2 or 2½ fr.; 173, Catelain aîné, dej. 1¼, D. 2½ fr.; 167,
Richelieu, same charge; 160, Lemonnier ("Restaurant Henri IV."),
déj. 1¼, D. 1 fr. 60 c.; 154, Dîner Européen, déj. 1 fr. 90 c.,
D. 3 or 3¾ fr., military music opposite this restaurant in the
afternoon; 145, Tavernier aîné, déj. 1¼, D. 2 or 2½ fr.; 137,
Richard, same charges; 123, Restaurant du Havre, D. 1 fr. 30 c.;
116, Demory (Restaurant de la Rotonde), déj. 1¼, D. 2 or 2½ fr.
Near the Palais Royal and the Louvre: Pestel ("Restaurant
St. Honoré"), Rue St. Honoré 248 (Pl., white 5), opposite the
Place du Carrousel, beefsteak 1 fr.
Colbert, Rue Vivienne 2, opposite the N. side of the Palais
Royal, déj. 1¼ fr., D. 1 fr. 80 c.
Catelain, Rue Vivienne 36, D. 2 fr.
Restaurant du Bourgeois de Paris, Passage du Saumon 78, at
the entrance from the Rue Moutmartre 74, déj. 1 fr. 90 c. or
2 fr. 50 c.
*Beaurain, Rue Notre Dame des Victoires 16, D. inc. W.,
simple but good, 1 fr. 80 c., from 5 to 7 p. m, a new table
being arranged every ¼ hr.; ladies not admitted.
Maison Dewamin, Rue du Mail 9, a similar establishment,
dinner commences at 5, ladies admitted.
Arnold, Rue Coquillière 33 (Pl., white 7), like the two last,
D. 1 fr. 20 c.
Restaurant Montesquieu, Rue et Passage Montesquieu, D.
1 fr. 90 c.
It may be observed that the proprietors of the smaller restaurants
in the Palais Royal devote more attention to the elegance of their
saloons and the variety of their bills of fare than to the real
excellence of the viands. Such establishments cannot be recommended
as places of regular resort.
